By Halberdier.

This article is ongoing and will aim to provide you with all the current known information on the Tau and Kroot. So if you keep checking the Updates section you may find that this article will expand over time. Mainly, this article aims to bring together all the loose ends of Tau information floating around.

This is all the information I can find at the moment although there is bound to be more somewhere. If you have any, email me at jfresh86@hotmail.com!

Click here to download a Tau story showing the Tau in a combat situation.

What we know for certain about the Tau - by Tonesh Addan:

"-The "basic" Tau (of which pictures are floating around) are called Pathfinders. They scout ahead of the main force and are apparently quite good at it. They are armed with very powerfull Pulse Rifles and are total weeds in hth.

-The Kroot are apparently rather good at hth. Not extremely skilled, but strong and savage. They are armed with Kroot Long Rifles that is likely to have some special rules, due to all the spikes and blades. They apparenty feast on their fallen opponents. Could be a special rule, like the Ghouls had at the time of the OLD Undead in Warhammer FB 5th edition (the old Undead before Vampire Counts).

-The Tau have a grav tank/gunship called the Hammerhead. It`s armed with a Railgun, that`s apparently extremely devastating. Maybe a S10 Lascannon?

-The Tau also have a heaviers trooper type. Probably a bit like Terminators. They apparently teleport into battle and are equpped with a holo-field type device and armed with powerfull laser weapons. They were operating in a group of 3 in the GW site story, so they`re probably expensive.

-They will probably also have some kind of guided missiles.

-The motives of the Tau seem to be good and pure. To defend the Empire, for King and Country etc. A bit like the Protoss (the moderator should know about them ). The Kroot are a bit more single-minded n`stuff.

We also suspect that:

-The Pathfinders could be equipped with a "Blacklight Targeter" device. If they hit a target with it, any other troops in the army will hit the target on 2+! I got it from Portent, which means it`s probably quite reliable."

Below is a Kroot model. Click on it to make it larger.

Below are some more Kroot models (from Portent.net)

Below are several types of Tau model:

Below - the beginnings of a Tau 'tank'.

The following quote is taken from the GW website:

"Expanding rapidly from the Eastern Fringes of the Warhammer 40,000 galaxy a new alien empire has been sighted. Known simply as the Tau these aliens show a remarkable level of technology and our best efforts to gather information on this new threat has resulted in the images you see here. Our best estimation are that it will be many weeks before we see the full extent of this alien menace's armed forces and we will endeavour to keep you informed of our findings in the intervening period."

Below are

Below are some pics of the Tau in their blisters:

Below is a sample of Tau writing:

If you want more Tau and Kroot information, check the forums. A good forum to check is the Tau forum in the Infinity Circuit, but most fous now have some sort of Tau discussion going on. I'll keep looking for more links and pics.